Police are investigating an incident in which a member of staff at the National Hospital Insurance Fund collapsed and died along Kaunda Street, Nairobi.
Witnesses and police said Mary Gathenya, 46 started to complain of chest pain as she walked downtown on February 13 at about 5 pm.
She then collapsed and lost her breath.
Her colleagues who were with her called an ambulance which arrived in time but the responders declared her dead at the scene.
She had walked from her place of work in Upper Hill and was headed home when the incident happened.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they are investigating the incident.
He said the body was taken to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.